Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a short town hall meeting at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Friday, to say thank you to the troops. Pace told the airmen, soldiers, sailors, and coast guardsmen in the audience, “I want to say thanks to you for all you do and all you have done, and unfortunately, some of the things that we are going to have to ask you to do in the future.”
The Air Force recently released an updated policy implementing the Pentagon’s new guidance on troops’ religious accommodation requests. The new policy emphasizes the role commanders play in reviewing such requests, limiting the role of chaplains and eliminating special boards meant to advise leaders.